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David Bronstein Top Eight Chess Sacrifices of all time! - (or at least in top 50 of most lists!)

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1Q5R/6pk/7p/8/6P1/1p3q2/1P1r2PK/8 b - - 0 38"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] 38... Kg6 39. Rxh6+ gxh6 (39... Kxh6 40. Qh8+ Kg6 (40... Kg5 41. Qh5+ Kf4 ( 41... Kf6 42. g5+ Ke7) 42. Qf5+ Ke3 43. Qxf3+) 41. Qh5+ Kf6 42. g5+) (39... Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 (41... Qf8 42. Rh8+) 42. Qe6+) (39... Kg5 40. Qe5+ Kxg4 (40... Kxh6 41. Qh5#) 41. Rg6+ Kh4 42. Qg5#) 40. Qg8+ Kf6 41. Qf8+ Ke5 42. Qxf3 1-0 [Event "Petropolis Interzonal"] [Site "Petropolis BRA"] [Date "1973.08.07"] [Round "11"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rn1q1rk1/pp3p1p/1n4p1/3PP1B1/1bBQ4/2N2P2/PP5P/R3K1R1 b Q - 0 15"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1973.07.23"] 15... Qc7 16. Bb3 Bc5 17. Qf4 Bxg1 18. d6 Qc8 19. Ke2 Bc5 20. Ne4 N8d7 21. Rc1 Qc6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Qb5+ 25. Ke3 h5 26. Nxh5 Qxb3+ 27. axb3 Nd5+ 28. Kd4 Ne6+ 29. Kxd5 Nxg5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qxg5 Rfd8 32. e6 fxe6+ 33. Kxe6 Rf8 34. d7 a5 35. Ng4 Ra6+ 36. Ke5 Rf5+ 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. d8=Q fxg4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qxb7 Rg6 41. f4 1-0 [Event "Prague (Czech Republic)"] [Site "Prague (Czech Republic)"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Ludek Pachman"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A54"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b1rnk1/1p3pb1/1qpp2p1/2n5/2PNP2p/1PN3PP/4RPBK/BR1Q4 w - - 0 20"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "1946.??.??"] 20. Rd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxb3 23. Rxd6 (23. Rb1 Qxd4) 23... Qxf2 24. Ra2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Ra3 Bxh3 27. Rxb3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxc4 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. Qe2 h3+ 0-1 [Event "Cm ( f )"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D89"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2q1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/n7/3PP1b1/3BBP2/P3N1PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 13"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1950.??.??"] 13... Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Qc5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. a3 Qa4 22. Bc7 Rdc8 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Bc2) 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qb1 Rab8 23. dxe6 Nc6 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 fxe5 28. Bd7 Qa6 29. Ng3 Qxa2 30. h4 Rf8 31. Qg5 Rf6 32. Qxf6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Ernst Rojahn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C58"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqkb1r/ppp2pp1/5n1p/n2Pp3/2B5/3P1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 7"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] 7... e4 8. dxe4 Nxc4 9. Qd4 Nb6 10. c4 c5 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 Bh5 15. b3 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Rae1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qf6 21. e5 Qf5 22. f4 Bg6 23. Ne4 Rab8 24. Qf3 Bh7 25. g4 Qg6 26. f5 Qb6 27. Qg3 f6 28. e6 Ne5 29. h4 Kh8 30. g5 Rbc8 31. Kh1 Qd8 32. g6 Bxg6 33. fxg6 b5 34. d6 Qb6 35. d7 Nxd7 36. exd7 Rcd8 37. Nxf6 Qc6+ 38. Qg2 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch23"] [Site "Moscow-ch23"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Vasily Panov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/3nq3/1p1p1p2/pP2p1pp/P1N1P1n1/2PP4/2Q3PP/4RRBK b - - 0 25"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "1947.??.??"] 25... Kb7 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Nxa5+ Kc7 28. Nc6 Qe8 29. a5 Nd7 30. b6+ Kb7 (30... Kxc6 31. Qa4+ Kb7 32. a6+ Kxb6 33. Qb3+ Kc6 34. Qd5+ Kb6 35. Rb1+) 31. a6+ Kxb6 32. Rb1+ 1-0 [Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"] [Site "Gothenburg SWE"] [Date "1955.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E41"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2q1rk1/pb1pbpp1/np3n1p/1N1p4/2P5/P5N1/1PB2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 13"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1955.08.15"] 13... dxc4 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. Qxh6 f5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. Rad1 Bg5 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Nd6 Bc6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Be4 Bh6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Qxc4 Nc5 26. b4 Nce6 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rd6 Bg7 30. f4 Qg4 31. h3 Qe2 32. Ng3 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Qd5 Re8 35. Nh5 Ne2 36. Nxg7 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Nxf4 38. Qf3 Ne2 39. Rh6+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Izak Aloni"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E80"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2q1rk1/1p1n1pbp/p2pb1p1/2p1n3/2P1P1P1/N1N1BP2/PP1QB2P/R3K2R w KQ - 0 14"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] 14. O-O-O b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ncxb5 c4 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. Bc3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Ne5 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Qe7 Rd7 25. Qf6 Qc5 26. Nc2 Nd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. a3 Qf2 29. Re1 Rd2 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Bronstein By Koch, Eric / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
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